Mardi Gras isn’t just a day, it’s a whole season! The carnival season, which was made a Christian holiday by Pope Gregory XIII, begins on the feast of the Epiphany (January 6th) and ends on the day of Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday” (the day before Ash Wednesday). Pope Gregory XIII placed Mardi Gras, originally a pagan holiday dating back 5,000 years, on the day before Ash Wednesday so that all the debauchery would be finished in time for the fast of Lent. Today, Mardi Gras is widely celebrated with parades, private balls, and rural parties. Anyone can have a Mardi Gras party and make it the best! Just remember to include some traditional Mardi Gras fun at your celebration and send unique Mardi Gras Party Invitations to your invited guests. Matching Mardi Gras Thank You Cards are also available.

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The colors of Mardi Gras are purple, green, and gold – purple symbolizing justice, green for faith, and gold for power. Be sure to keep this color scheme for your Mardi Gras party to get everyone in a carnival mood. Other traditional carnival practices are the Mardi Gras masquerade and the Mardi Gras king cake. A Mardi Gras masquerade ball is always a fun Mardi Gras party idea, and it gives guests a chance to be creative and truly experience the spirit and revelry of the Mardi Gras season.

The Mardi Gras king cake, an adapted tradition from the original pagan festival, is a circular cake (made with many different recipes and many different fillings) that is decorated with the Mardi Gras colors. When Mardi Gras season begins, the Mardi Gras king cakes are made. When you buy a Mardi Gras king cake, it comes with a plastic baby, which represents baby Jesus, and the Mardi Gras party host hides the baby in the Mardi Gras cake before the Mardi Gras guests arrive. When all of the Mardi Gras guests are served, one will find the baby in his or her piece of Mardi Gras king cake and he or she will become the “Mardi Gras king” for the day! The penalty for becoming Mardi Gras king, though, is that he or she has to buy the next Mardi Gras king cake for the next Mardi Gras party!

At Party-Holiday-Supplies, we offer a big variety of Mardi Gras party supplies and Mardi Gras party favors to choose from to match your Mardi Gras party during the carnival season! Browse through our online catalog for Mardi Gras parties to get more Mardi Gras party planning ideas and to find the best Mardi Gras party supplies and Mardi Gras party favors to make your Mardi Gras party a hit! Laissez les bon temps rouler!!!